Russia · Moscow
The Church of St. Theodore Stratelates was built in 1782–1806 as a heated addition to the Church of Gabriel the Archangel. The design of the Church is attributed to the architect Ivan Yegotov.
Originally, the Church was consecrated in the name of St. Theodore Teron; after the side-altar of St. Theodore Stratelates was set up in 1806, followed by...
Russia · Moscow
Before the early 18th century, a small three steepled church of the same name built in 1657, stood on the site of the present-day Church of Archangel Gabriel.
In 1704, His Serene Highness Prince Alexander Minshikov was a parishioner of the Church. During one of his journeys he bought an ancient icon of the Mother of God in Polotsk, which accordi...
Russia · Moscow
In the 15th century, the small Ilinskaya Sloboda (settlement) situated there, just near the Pokrovskiye Gate of Bely Gorod. It was owned by Andronikov Monastery of the Saviour and later was handed over to Grand Duke Ivan III. The first wooden Church of St. Prophet Elijah named "under the Pine" at this place was first mentioned in 1476.
The Churc...